RULES IN GENERAL

These rules apply to all members with out bias to all aspects of the PinkEssence site. There is ONE forum where advertisement of a business is OK - this does not include links to social networking or personal sites however. Mods will begin enforcing these retroactive starting today. Please take a look at your profiles and posts and be sure to adhere to the new criteria that helps to keep our site polished and clutter free of spam and needless redundancy. Unless we've talked about this and you've gotten permission & to be fair, there just can't be any exceptions. With all the new members coming into PE, there is WAY to much being sent to everyone's email box for "Join my XXXX site, Look at this, try & buy that," etc. PE is a vehicle for outreach and community - not a free resource tool for promotion... this being said, please read on:

1. NO BUMPING UP POSTS - A member's Blog post that's post-date is changed or post-dated on an existing Blog entry, will be deleted by the Mods. Please do not change a Blog's ORIGINAL date for the single purpose of bringing it back to the top of the Blog roll. Repeat attempts will be a suspension of your membership. There are many people here and everyone gets equal platform unless given special permission by the admin of PinkEssence. This is nothing more than a self promotion and is not necessary unless extenuating circumstances are petitioned for. It minimizes the importance of others Blogs and is just NOT acceptable. The only time this is OK, is by the moderators for use in the interest of the site.

2. NO PROMOTING - Blogs, Forums, Profiles or any other aspect here in PE is NOT to be used as a self promotional tool for other sites, personal pages or business ventures, unless permission is petitioned for from PinkEssence. PinkEssence is primarily a resource for outreach, support and information and wishes to grow those resources HERE, in this site's pages. It is not part of PinkEssence's scope to act as a network hub or promotional billboard for links to other sites on the internet - unless they are under a cooperation agreement with PinkEssence.

3. Profile Photo - We ask that you please update your profile photo with a clear picture of a face shot - not a body shot only. Pictures here on PinkEssence are not searchable by internet search engines - so you need not worry that it will be shared across the internet or searched. An avatar is not permitted - however, you may leave the default "Pe" pic in your profile page if you can't or do not wish to post a pic at this time. Additionally, profile photos may not be used as a vehicle for promotion - ie: posting links and/or ads in or on your avatar pic.

4. NO CANVASING - Do not use the PinkEssence email for mass email invites to friends for/to other networks or sites. The members here at PE enjoy being sheltered from such spam - please respect that trust and do not spam in your PE Email, Blog or Forums. This being said, even though we try to keep things as private as possible, understand, any and all things posted here will NOT be protected if its illegal and we will surrender any and all information to authorities if asked. Therefore, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING you post here on PE is at your own risk, and becomes the property of this website and owners/moderators to distribute, use or repost be it private or publicly distributed on PE.

5. NO PHOTO AD'S - Photos that are created and posted for the purpose of promotion will be deleted - NO LINKS, or other spam ads may be included on pictures. No posting "picture fliers" for the purpose of promotion.

6 Profile Promoting: If you have a link or a site being advertised on your profile you MUST have the PE Badge (Embedding the HTML Code) to be installed on that site. If you do not wish to reciprocate this, then either remove the reference of that site off your profile, or remove your self from PE membership. Otherwise your account will be banned until you fix the page in question. If you have a question about this, be sure to ask, This is heavily monitored. PE has a lot invested in this network and wishes to continue to grow it - and asks all that use the network to steer traffic to their site will rightfully reciprocate with a PE Badge Link on that page in question. Also, No using your Profile name, or questionnaire or comment section for the purpose of promotion.

7 Contact the ADMINISTRATOR or MODERATOR FIRST! I am the founder of PINKessence. However, I have appointed Moderators and Administrators to handle and run PINKessence. I am always working to improve the site, however, if you contact me about an issue concerning PINKessence, most likely, it will go unanswered. YOU MUST CONTACT THE ADMINS FIRST. They will bring any matters to my attention that need addressed. The scope of PINKessence and the sensitivity to which the site operates under is too dynamic and is a challenge on my personal relationships with friends and members. Therefore, I have had to step aside an allow others to take over with running the shop. You can contact the Admins and Moderators HERE.

8 Privacy of Posted Content: By signing on and using the PINKessence network, you agree that ANY and ALL content you post to PINKessence, be it public or private, is forfeited and becomes property of PINKessence and may be used in any way the administration deems useful or necessary. You agree your photos, emails, chats, blogs, comments and any other content you upload is YOUR OWN WORK (unless cited to original owner with permission to use). You agree any and all content you upload can be used by other members of PINKessence as public domain, and maybe reposted with out your permission, as permission has been given by consenting to use the PINKessence network, regardless whether you have read these rules or not - you acknowledge that reading these rules is your own responsibility and PINKessence and its administrators, members or NING are not responsibly for any legal or mishandling of your name, photos, likeness or any other intellectual property or trade secrets posted of yours here on PINKessence.  If you do NOT agree with these terms - DELETE YOUR CONTENT NOW AND UNSUBSCRIBE IMMEDIATELY. Removing your account doesn't revoke PINKessence rules or ownership of all content and its right to use it. PINKessence is not responsible for content posted on or out side the PINKessence Network by members and WILL NOT DELETE OR REMOVE ANY CONTENT FOR YOU - here on PINKessence, OR on the Internet.